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Readers thumbing through the pages of a popular celebrity magazine during the 1962 holiday season would have found this advertisement peddling a selection of gift ideas sure to bring a smile and Christmas delight to anyone on their gift-giving list. 

Annette is prominently pictured at the top of the ad holding Max Factor products. We believe Annette first started promoting Max Factor the previous holiday season in a similar ad, published during promotions for  Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland. 

Lets take a closer look at the products, as presented to potential Christmas shoppers fifty-six years ago in this rare "Annette" ad... 

Annette, star of Disney's Wonderful World of Color ends her holiday wrapping with Max Factor's Hypnotique, Spray Mist, regular size and purse size. $5. Also available in their Primitive scent.


Smaller, lightweight Polaroid Electric Eye Camera will sell for less than $75.  Makes 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 pix in 10 seconds.  No need for focusing.


Charm of the Colonial Spice Box blended into a new GE wall clock called Country Kitchen.  It also stands up.  Under $13


New, truly portable phonograph by Westinghouse.  Only 5 3/4'' high, 13 5/8'' high, 16 3/4'' deep.  Weighs less than 12 lbs. $29.95.


Pancake slim Royalite typewriter comes in 2-tone styling - mist gray and pearl gray.  Easy to wrap.  Handbag shaped case.  $50.


Three years of lighting on one fueling - that's what Ronson's new butane lighter SATURN does.  In classic Greek design.  $14.95.


The forbidden fragrance, only for self-confident women, is now in Spray Cologne form.  Tabu by Dana, gift-boxed for glamour giving.  $5.


Any lady on your Christmas list will be thrilled with a gift of Hanes seamless hose.  $1.35 - $1.95, each.  Boxes of 3 with a festive cover.


Warm in the winter, cool in the summer, Morgan-Jones' Insulaire.  Approximately $13.


The great perfume classic - Chanel #5 - solves Christmas problems.  Perfume from $7.50 - $350 for the ultimate.  Toilet water, 4 oz. $12.




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  1. Lynnie HealFebruary 12, 2019 at 12:48 PM

    I was born on Christmas Day 1961 and fought MS for nearly 50 years no meds ever to slow MS down.

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